129 of 130 people who reportedly ingested lethal drugs in 2017, died from it,

one person survived and died of natural causes.

14 of the deaths, the drugs were prescribed in previous years.

There were 218 lethal prescriptions obtained, up from 204 in 2016.

There may be more assisted suicide deaths.

According to the 2017 Oregon report, the ingestion status was unknown in 23 deaths.

When the ingestion status is unknown the authorities do not know if the person died by assisted suicide. It is possible that some or all of the 23 unknown deaths were assisted suicide deaths. These deaths may represent unreported assisted suicide deaths.

In December, Fabian Stahle, a Swede who is concerned about assisted suicide, communicated by email with a representative of the Oregon Health Authority.

The yearly Oregon DWD reports are based on data from the physicians who approved the assisted suicide death and the data is not independently verified. Therefore, we don't know if the information from these reports is accurate or if abuse of the law has occurred.